Federal Minister for Science & Technology Mr. Rana Tanveer Hussain has said that federal government will leave no stone unturned in promoting quality culture in the country. He said that PSQCA is the National Standardization body which is responsible for formulating and implementing Pakistan Standards in all the provinces. He stressed that provincial governments must work in collaboration with the PSQCA to promote and strengthen the enforcement of standards specification.
Addressing as a chief guest at a seminar titled “Standards Build
Trust” at Lahore Chamber of Commerce & Industry, Rana Tanveer
Hussain acknowledged the fact that industrialization, standardization
and economic growth grow together as without standardization, optimum
growth cannot be achieved. Standards and conformity assessment
activities benefit public health, safety and environment. The consumer
gets benefit from the development and design of new and improved
requirements for the safety and quality of the products. Conformity
assessment provides assurance to consumers by increasing consumer
confidence when personnel, products, systems or services are evaluated
against the requirements of specific standard. Federal Minister assured
that federal government is committed to provide all the necessary
resources to PSQCA for effective enforcement of its activities. He
assured that field staff deficiency will be made up very soon to make
PSQCA’s operations in the field of conformity assessment and
standardization. He acknowledged the role of PSQCA in regulating
mandatory items and emphasized that PSQCA should accelerate its
conformity assessment activities so that consumer safety and protection
may be ascertained. “Standards Build Trust” is in itself a reflection of
the objective of World Standards Day which is basically meant to
surmount technical trade barriers under new world trade regime.
Moreover, International Standards especially with regards to Pakistan is
one single important factor that could direct/channelize the entire
outlook of business under WTO agreements”. He added. PSQCA is going to
start awareness programs for Pakistani consumers i.e. new website,
mobile application is marched towards technology. On this occasion,
Federal Minister inaugurated PSQCA’s new Website and Mobile App to
create awareness among the consumers. He distributed prizes among the
essay competition winners.
Director General PSQCA Muhammad Khalid Siddiq in his welcome address
thanked the participants and said that the changing face of
international trade has led to single, globally acceptable technical
standards for globally marketable products. At the international level,
standards are becoming a pillar of the new global trade system. In
today’s increasingly globalized trading environment, international
standards are powerful tools to lead positive change for spurring
economic growth, adapt to climate change and open up global markets. At
this occasion, DG PSQCA said that launching of new website and Mobile
App speaks of its commitment towards this cause of national importance.
In addition to, PSQCA holds essay competition on the quality aspects at
provincial level each year. This essay competition and signing of MOU’s
with different universities is another appreciable and applaudable move
to take subject of quality to our youth for bringing fundamental change
in the society in the years to come. The collaborative approach of PSQCA
with the Academia, Industry and the business community will improve the
quality as the time progresses. This cooperation is a trusted
partnership in development of the Pakistan’s economy to steer it to
surmount technical barriers to trade under the new world trade regime.
World Standard Day’s celebration is a tribute to the work of millions of
experts who endeavor to make life safer. The day was initially promoted
by International Standards Organizations (ISO, IEC & ITU), regional
and national standards makers to recognize and strengthen
cross-boundary cooperation to enhance technical harmonization. He
further explained that more than sixty five units have been shut down
producing sub-substandard products, he added.
Mr Arif Qasim (Former Chairman PVMA), Mr. Aamir Zameer (Director Provincial Consumer Protection Council), Mr. Tariq Sarwar (Technical advisor to Chairman Central All Pakistan Floor Mills Association) Mr. Abbas Akbar Ali (Member Executive Body, Pakistan Steel Melters Association), Mr. Shehzad Sikandar (Manager Corporate Regulatory and Scientific Affairs, Nestle Pakistan) and Mr. Razi ur Rehman (Director Corporate Affairs, Atlas Group) also addressed to the seminar. The event was organized by Pakistan Standards and Quality Control Authority (PSQCA) in collaboration with Chamber of Commerce & Industry (LCCI). The objectives of the seminar were to promote quality standards culture in the country.
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